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September 27, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1096172276834

Striking Outside the Ball Park

(Jerusalem Post) Arieh O'Sullivan - The psychological and strategic benefits of hitting a senior Hamas figure in Damascus are great. The strike came after repeated finger-pointing and warnings by Israel that it would widen its war on terrorists and that no place was immune. Bashir Assad was caught red-handed. After declaring that the Hamas leadership had all cleared out of town, one of them found himself blown to bits right there in the capital. The message Israel delivered to Damascus Sunday is that Israel is willing to go up a notch in its war on terror. The major impact of the strike was its political message that Syria is vulnerable to Israeli actions and that if nothing is done the stakes will get higher.

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